A New JavaScript Framework? In this Economy?

Sigment is a new open-source JavaScript framework created as a simpler alternative to React-based frameworks. It avoids JSX syntax, doesn't mix HTML with JavaScript, and skips the virtual DOM in favor of Signals for reactivity. The framework uses JavaScript tag functions and templates instead of JSX, eliminating the need for transpilation and build tools like Babel or Webpack. This approach results in smaller bundle sizes, faster performance, zero-config development, and makes it more accessible to developers who know vanilla JavaScript but don't want to learn React. Sigment supports both single-page applications and HTML-first architecture with dynamic rendering and caching.